I took a deep breath in as I tried to cool myself down, but my mouth was still on fire. It was a harmless joke that I had overreacted to, and now Celia was looking at me like I was a monster.
I didn't have a lot of experience with this feeling, and when I tried to step forward, Celia stepped back in fear. I had my hand up, but I let it drop, turning to walk out of the house. I could hear Lesha trying to explain, but I just needed to get outside.
I left the house, turning to the right this time where there was just some open grass for five meters, then there was a tree line that led down to the ocean. I walked down, trying to slow my racing mind and the torrents of emotion I was feeling.
I didn't mean to scare her, but I had let my emotions get away from me. I didn't ask for this power, to drink blood, to hold a monster inside me.
'Those worthy of power rarely accept it, and will always struggle with it, but that's what makes you the right choice. There is nothing wrong with questioning the power and its uses, but you were picked for this because you are the right choice. You just need to get a better hold on that anger of yours. Relax, breathe in the salty air, Lesha will be here soon.' -Drania.
The sun was coming down now, the burnt orange was rippling across the water. I watched the sun catch the tips of the wave, making small sparkles of diamond light. I breathed in deeply, and closed my eyes, sinking into my own thoughts. I pulled my knees and put my head down to block the light that was still burning my closed eyes.
I was so lost in trying to get lost in my thoughts, that I didn't hear Lesha until I felt her legs slide alongside mine. Her arms wrapped around my waist, and she pulled in close to me, kissing the back of my neck.
She rested her head on my back, but I didn't know what to say, so we just sat like that for a while. The sounds of the water rolling in on the sand and Lesha's tight hold let some of everything building up inside leak out of me, letting me relax a bit more.
"I talked to Celia and explained everything to her about you, and Corbit. They have never even seen a dungeon, only heard stories. It was just a bit much for her, but she is okay and told me to say that she was sorry. We shouldn't be toying with you like this, it's not your fault you haven't been anywhere else," Lesha said, then she leaned into me and kissed my cheek, making me tip my head into hers.
"I need to get a better hold of my anger, I knew you were just trying to have fun with me. I just get worked up because I am so out of the loop, and then I feel like I have been tricked. I should know that you love me and wouldn't try to do something mean to me; it just wasn't that long ago that I had brothers that would use my naivety against me. I would beat them in a fight, but then they would trick me to get back at me."
We sat for a bit longer until Celia came out onto the back of the house to call us in for supper. The two of us stood, and I turned, now looking eye to eye with Lesha.
The incline of the hill we stood on made it easy for me to lean in and take Lesha's soft cheeks in my hands. I pulled her gently into a slow kiss that let me take a step outside of the real world for a brief moment.
The soft press of her lips on mine made my heart yearn to make the kiss deeper, but I slowly pulled away. I still held her face in my hand, staring into her eyes, smelling the strawberry sweetness coming from her.
"I love you, and I will try to do better," I said slowly, the words feeling heavy, each one of them holding the weight of my true feelings and determination.
"I love you, forever and always. You really mean so much to me, so let's go back inside, come."
She kissed me, but then pulled my hands from her face and pulled me along with her. We walked together up the hill, after the words were spoken, my heart was in less turmoil.
I felt like this would be a memory that I would hold onto, so I really tried to let it all soak in. I squeezed Lesha's hand just before we went back inside, and we stopped to share another short kiss.
The chowder was surprisingly good, and I ended up having a second bowl. There were no more jokes at my expense, but there were a couple made at Corbit's.
None of the jokes were bad, and they were more funny than mean. Each time Norbert would make a jab at him with one of his shucking jokes, Corbit would fire his own back.
By the time supper was done, everyone was in good spirits, but we were all starting to get tired. Last night had been a long night and trying to sleep in a moving vehicle never really left you fully rested.
Corbit showed Mei and Gloria to a room, and then directed Lesha, and me to the room we would be sleeping in. We both said goodnight to the two girls, but Mei winked at me, and I winked back, smiling.
Gloria rolled her eyes, and when I turned back to Lesha she was just grinning. She pulled me into the room, and I closed the door behind us.
I wasn't about to stand and watch her this time, I had heard how excited the other girls got last time. I wanted that kind of excitement, and I wanted Lesha to feel it too.
[chapter 63.5 can be found in the book Kiada's XXX Chapters]
That morning when we all came down to say goodbye, Celia looked bright and cheerful. Norbert on the other hand, looked like he had been up all night and he was staying away from us.
I was happy to say goodbye, and get out of there after that. Corbit and Tim were both being closed-mouthed and keeping their smiles to themselves, so I let them keep their smiles. This was our own fault, and it seems that now Norbert thinks we are monsters because of Mei's howling last night.
Gloria wouldn't look at me, and she had a smile like a little perma grin stuck on her face as she stared out the window. Whatever they were doing, it must have been good for her to look like that.
Not that I was complaining, I wasn't trying to compete. Last night was exactly what I needed and my head felt clear like I could really focus, but then Lesha's hand started to slide up my leg.
I caught her hand in mine before she made me make some horrible noise. I looked at her, trying my best not to scowl, but I was sure I was failing miserably.
Lesha pursed her lips together trying not to laugh, and giving me a raised eyebrow. I sighed and leaned forward to get a kiss from her, and she obliged me, leaning in to meet me halfway.
We only had half a day's journey before we would be stopping. Then from that point, only Tim and I would be going ahead to get supplies with a horse each. Everyone else would be staying behind to protect the wagons.
I tried to argue that one of us should be staying back, but both of us needed to go. Tim was the only one that had any real experience dealing with the people. I had to be there to show my Guilds System tattoos on my wrist as the leader, or they wouldn't deal with us at all.
The Girls told me they could take care of themselves, but that alone made me worry more. I didn't want any of them getting hurt when I wasn't there to be able to do anything.
The ride was fairly smooth, and before we knew it, it was lunchtime. We found a good place that was out of the way and out of sight to set up a camp. This would be where we stayed tonight if everything went well.
Once everything was unhooked, Tim and I saddled the horses and said our goodbyes. We didn't want to waste time, there was ground to cover if we wanted to get back by nightfall.
I hugged and kissed Lesha, telling her that I loved her before hopping up on the horse and following Tim. We had brought extra saddlebags, and a third horse to carry extra supplies. We needed to get feed and some other supplies, including food.
"Are they going to be okay? I asked after about fifteen minutes of riding.
"We just need to focus on getting there, getting what we need, and getting back. I can't guarantee anything around here. The girls are strong, you just need to have faith that they can fight without you if they have to. You need to focus on what we are doing when we get there," Tim yelled to me as we rode.
That was right, Tim had come into the cabin before we stopped and explained what we were going to do and what to say.
"Yes, We are going to the Red Merchant and asking for Dalphonse, and ordering what we need with hoods up and only showing the guild tattoo once no matter who asks. That person has to be Grena, Leader of the Red Merchant, right?" I called over asking.
"Good, all we can do is follow everything exactly to the plan and we should be out of there with everything we need. Then, we can get back to everyone that was waiting there for us. For now, you just have to trust that your girls can take care of themselves."
I wasn't worried about them, it was the other two shit disturbers I was worried about. The werewolf and vampire, a pair of thorns in my side that I was going to have to get ahold of before I got to the city.
I needed to get my mind off things, so I turned and called over to Tim.
"Are you excited to be working with Hershal? What about that Air Knife thing? You seem pretty happy about that one, what is it? Or can you tell me?" I called over.
The landscape was starting to roll and get hilly, but I could see far ahead, there was the small town. The place didn't look very big, but it was hard to tell from this distance.
"It will be nice, he knows a lot, and you should listen to Kal, he is a Diamond Rank Tank. so he can teach you skills, but you will have to do tasks to earn the skills. They can't teach you high-rank skills but they can help you learn important things, but you have to help them. Once you get to Diamond or higher, people will be coming to you in your Guild to learn these skills just like this," Tim called over.
"Remember, it's our Guild, I just run the place, and I'm not doing a very good job yet, but we will get there!" I Called back, but Tim pointed forward.
We were coming up to the town, and the place looked very quiet, and no people were walking on the dirt roads. The place almost looked deserted, but I still pulled my cloak up and over my head and we slowed down.
I just had to keep my head down and walk my horse by Tim who was doing the same. If we did this we were fine, according to Tim, so I had to trust that he was right as we rode into the ghost town of Greled.
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